Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...development of human beings. . . . People who believe in crime by force should get their necks broken, or we should put them on the gridiron and burn them up. You bet your life! That puts the fear of God in their hearts. Then if you've got something left over worth salvaging, give them parole...
...work" April 2, big stocks were above ground; 28% of the U. S. soft-coal industry was still free to operate. But last week John Lewis ordered a shutdown May 4 in fields outside the Appalachians, unless the Appalachian operators capitulate. He likewise threatened to close down what is left of Pennsylvania's sick hard-coal industry, unless its operators quickly came to terms in separate negotiations...
Franklin Roosevelt nominated him to the Securities & Exchange Commission to fill the vacancy left when William O. Douglas was appointed to the Supreme Court...
Franz von Papen ended the War as a liaison officer on the Near Eastern Front. In the retreat of the Turks and Germans from Palestine he again left behind some valuable papers which fell into British hands. They, too, showed payments to U. S. agents. London was cabled for instructions. Legend has it that London replied: "Forward papers. If von Papen is captured do not intern; send him to a lunatic asylum...
...Allied pursuit through Belgium, Luxemburg, Alsace-Lorraine penetrated Germany to the left bank of the Rhine and 30 kilometers beyond the bridgeheads at Mainz, Coblentz, Cologne. By the terms of the Armistice, Germany delivered 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railroad cars, 5,000 trucks to the Allies, and U. S. General Tasker Bliss, astute observer, antimilitarist general, feared the sort of peace that generals and politicians would dictate...